Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
la couleur \'à chier\'
English translation:
bloody awful colour
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EirTranslations
Sep 30, 2010 17:01
13 yrs ago
French term
Ireland
20 yrs+ quality translations, Trados
Native in: Spanish 
, English (Variants: US, British, Irish, UK)
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, Italian to English, and 8 more.
la couleur 'à chier'
French to English
Other
Slang
the reply of a user surveyed about a ne cleaning product, this is what he likes / doesnt like thanks
toujours la couleur 'à chier'
toujours la couleur 'à chier'
Proposed translations
(English)
Change log
Sep 30, 2010 17:36: Stéphanie Soudais changed "Field (specific)" from "Automotive / Cars & Trucks" to "Slang" , "Field (write-in)" from "car cleaning product" to "(none)"
Proposed translations
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bloody awful colour
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Note added at 15 hrs (2010-10-01 08:38:38 GMT)
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Do we need to worry about offending people? Imagine, say, that McFerguson-Douglas-Dowe cannot understand why their all-purpose miracle cleaning product isn't selling as well in France as in the US, so have commissioned a market survey. Apart from the Like, Don't Like answers etc., the level of language will tell them something about the people who buy, like, or not, their product. They may wish to discount the answers of a certain socio-economic category, determined by the language used, from the survey.
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Note added at 15 hrs (2010-10-01 08:38:38 GMT)
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Do we need to worry about offending people? Imagine, say, that McFerguson-Douglas-Dowe cannot understand why their all-purpose miracle cleaning product isn't selling as well in France as in the US, so have commissioned a market survey. Apart from the Like, Don't Like answers etc., the level of language will tell them something about the people who buy, like, or not, their product. They may wish to discount the answers of a certain socio-economic category, determined by the language used, from the survey.
Peer comment(s):
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David Goward
: and with the comment. The other answers aren't as strong as "à chier", IMHO.
48 mins
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| agree |
kashew
: Keeps away from shit which now means great (bee's knees/dog's dangly bits)!
5 hrs
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| agree |
Sandra Mouton
14 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "lol thanks"
57 mins
gross colour
hopefully reflects the 'disgusting' sense of the French and the familiar language style while not offending readers!
See definition here, which includes 'Offensive; disgusting':
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/gross
See definition here, which includes 'Offensive; disgusting':
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/gross
+3
1 hr
Elizabeth Slaney
Netherlands
Netherlands
Native in English
Netherlands
Love a challenge, cope with pressure!
Native in: English (Variants: US, UK) 
Works in: French to English, Spanish to English
crappy colour
Or "crap" colour"....to keep the toilet image. I think this should work in the US too. Or even "crappy, colour-wise". Just a few ideas.
3 mins
color 'sucks'
He/she thinks that the color always 'sucks'
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Note added at 1 hr (2010-09-30 18:19:26 GMT)
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'Sucks' might be offending indeed, so is the French term used :) gross or crappy are probably better
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Note added at 1 hr (2010-09-30 18:19:26 GMT)
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'Sucks' might be offending indeed, so is the French term used :) gross or crappy are probably better
2 hrs
polyglot45
Native in French
&
English
Native in: English , French
Works in: English to French, French to English, German to French, and 4 more.
colour that makes you want to puke
if I guess the context rightly
3 hrs
horrible colour
*ghastly
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